SF Tower HNTB Architecture

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架构师提供的文本描述。是什么造就了一个标志性的设计？这是我们在设计过程开始时首先问自己的问题。毕竟，在美国最具标志性的机场之一，在世界上最注重设计的城市之一，这将是一个高度可见的结构。

Text description provided by the architects. What makes an iconic design? This was the first question we asked ourselves at the beginning of the design process. This was going to be, after all, a highly visible structure at one of the most iconic airports in the United States at one of them most design-oriented cities in the world.

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SF Tower HNTB Architecture

机场和建筑师的目标都是以优雅的形式和欢迎的姿态体现SFO品牌。这直接体现在扫地火炬的形式和推动打开塔壳暴露‘核心’的背光玻璃立面，迎接乘客沿上一级公路和火车。其目的是提供一个圆滑和优雅的外观与微妙，但动态的皮肤与螺旋铝面板连接周围的锥形表面。

The goals of both the Airport and the Architect were to reflect the SFO brand with an elegant form and welcoming gesture to the public. This is directly manifested in the sweeping torch form and the impetus for opening of the tower shell to expose the ‘core’ with a back lit glass facade which greets passengers arriving along the upper level roadway and train. The intent was to provide a sleek and elegant façade with a subtle but dynamic skin with spiraling aluminum panel joints around the conical surface.

SF Tower HNTB Architecture

与此同时，我们在塔台的位置上看到了一个机会。与大多数机场的塔楼不同，SFO酒店紧邻司机和行人。我们希望人们能在很近的地方和远处体验到这座塔。塔落在第一和第二终点站之间的一个公共连接器的玻璃盒上。这一举动使塔从道路上显得更高，同时也为乘客提供了从塔底看到的引人注目的景观。

At the same time we saw an opportunity on the location of the tower. Unlike towers at most airports, SFO’s is immediately adjacent to drivers and pedestrians. We wanted people to experience the tower up close as well as from afar. The tower comes down on to a glass box at a public connector between terminals 1 and 2. This moves makes the tower appear taller from the roadway while providing passengers dramatic views from the base of the tower.

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SF Tower HNTB Architecture

这款优雅的外形虽然不费吹灰之力，但在工程和功能设计上却包涵了一项壮举。这种铝制外壳隐藏了7.5万磅的钢铁重量，以抵御风和地震，同时也隐藏了运营现代机场航站楼所需的大量高科技设备。

Though effortless in appearance, the elegant form shrouds a feat in engineering and functional design. The aluminum skin conceals 75,000 pounds of steel weights to resist wind and earthquakes as well as the large amounts of high tech equipment needed to run a modern airport terminal.

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SF Tower HNTB Architecture